Lexington police arrest, charge man in road rage incident

A Georgetown man was charged with assault and other crimes after he allegedly shot a man in a road rage incident on Saturday.

Lexington police arrested Sean Edwards Sampson, 30, of Georgetown, saying he was involved in a minor two-car accident at Iron Works Pike and Georgetown Road shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday. After the accident, Sampson got into an altercation with a family member of the driver of the other vehicle, according to police.

The report said Samuel Huff arrived shortly after the accident and got into an argument with Sampson. Huff punched Sampson in the face with a closed fist, the police report said, and Sampson then pulled a gun from his waistband and shot Huff in the leg.

WKYT-TV has reported that Huff is the father of the driver of the other vehicle, a woman.